Two Trips Around the Sun
Happy Birthday Campfire! Wow what two years will do! From tripling the size of our team, doubling our investments in software, data and technology, to the launch of two podcast shows (Renegades and Mavericks and Responsibly Different) we couldn’t be more proud of where we are. It hasn’t always been sunshine and rainbows, and […]
We Must Do Better
[We’ve created a doc of resources with action steps you can take to help support communities of color and work to build a more equitable society. Click here to check it out. Please follow and support your local black organizers. Here in Portland, Maine follow and support Black Lives Matter Portland and black owned businesses […]
Signs of the Times
Yesterday, I grabbed all my photo gear and audio recording equipment and hit the road to document these times in our corner of the world. I wasn’t entirely sure what I was looking for so I started in familiar territory (Yarmouth, where our office is) with the plan to head north on Route 1. […]
50 Years of Earth Day
50 years ago on April 22, 1970 over 20 million Americans (roughly 10% of the total population at that time) took to the great outdoors to protest against polluted rivers, oil spills, chemical waste and disposal. It was hot on the heels of Silent Spring (a best selling book by Rachel Carson which drew environmental […]
The First Brick
A brick thrown at a police officer during the Stonewall Riots fifty years ago launched a movement. Trans and queer folks were fed up with the constant harassment from police officers, even in the few, relatively safe places they could find – often bars and night clubs – not to mention general anti-queer sentiments in […]
